Olympus 38DL PLUS Basic Operation Manual

DMTA-10009-01EN [U8778346], Rev. D, November 2016
Instrument Description 19
1. Instrument Description
This chapter describes the main features and the hardware components of the
38DL PLUS instrument.
The 38DL PLUS Ultrasonic Thickness Gage — User’s Manual (P/N: DMTA-10004-01EN)
contains the information found in the present document as well as other sections
describing the more advanced features of the instrument such as using special
transducers, managing custom transducer setups, using software options, using the
datalogger, and communicating with external devices.
You can find the PDF file of the 38DL PLUS Ultrasonic Thickness Gage — User’s Manual
(P/N: DMTA-10004-01EN) on the GageView CD (P/N: Gageview [U8147006]) that is
included with the 38DL PLUS kit.
1.1 Product Description
The 38DL PLUS by Olympus is a hand-held ultrasonic thickness gage designed for a
wide variety of thickness measurement applications. With the 38DL PLUS, you only
need access to one side of a part to measure, in a nondestructive manner, the thickness
of corroded, pitted, scaled, granular, and other difficult materials (see Figure 1-1 on
page 20).
IMPORTANT

Olympus 38DL PLUS Specifications

General

Operating Temperature	-10 °C to 50 °C (14 °F to 122 °F)
Data Logger	Yes
Interface	USB, RS-232
Thickness Range	0.08 mm to 635 mm (0.003 in. to 25 in.) depending on material and transducer
Display	Backlit LCD
Battery Type	Three alkaline or NiMH AA cells
Pulser	Adjustable square wave pulser
Receiver Bandwidth	0.5 MHz to 20 MHz
Languages	English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese
Resolution	0.001 mm or 0.0001 in.
Transducer Frequency	2 MHz to 30 MHz
Material	Plastic housing